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Only nineteen singers today, and only three who “crashed and burned.”. The majority of the rest of them sang decent, but unexceptional auditions, but there were a few who really impressed me for various reasons. One was an American baritone named Randal Turner who started off with Starbuck’s aria from the end of Act I […]

June 18 Lunch yesterday with composer Jake Heggie to discuss a possible future project. I will see him again in August in Adelaide for the Australian premiere of MOBY-DICK. Last night was SIEGFRIED, the third installment of Francesca Zambello’s extraordinary production of Wagner’s RING here in San Francisco. This is perhaps the most difficult of […]

Do you remember what you were doing a year ago? We certainly do! On April 30, 2010, the Dallas Opera premiered Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s revolutionary MOBY-DICK on the magnificent stage of the Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. The critically acclaimed drama was “a whale of a hit” according to […]

The list from Classical Music Critic Joshua Kosman for the “San Francisco Chronicle” is in. I’m happy to report the Dallas Opera’s world premiere of “Moby-Dick” made the grade. Read it all here. Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media and PR

The list from Classical Music Critic Joshua Kosman for the “San Francisco Chronicle” is in. I’m happy to report the Dallas Opera’s world premiere of “Moby-Dick” made the grade. Read it all here. Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media and PR

Wow. We not only made Mark-Brian Sonna’s Top Ten List for the year just ended, we redefined the role of Don Giovanni for a generation, presented “our new Pavarotti” in two outstanding works and gave this critic one of the most memorable theatrical experiences of his entire life! Given what a critic experiences year-in and year-out, that’s quite […]

Aside from the obvious reasons for enjoying (and agreeing with) Elaine Liner’s assessment for “The Observer” (Dallas), I appreciated that she took note of a fact often lost in the shuffle of discussions about opera: It’s not just great music — It’s fabulous THEATER and “Moby-Dick” truly deserved to be honored as the “Best Theatrical Production” of the […]

Aside from the obvious reasons for enjoying (and agreeing with) Elaine Liner’s assessment for “The Observer” (Dallas), I appreciated that she took note of a fact often lost in the shuffle of discussions about opera: It’s not just great music — It’s fabulous THEATER and “Moby-Dick” truly deserved to be honored as the “Best Theatrical Production” of the […]

They’re at it again, the local critics, that is. Willard Spiegelman of D magazine (not to mention SMU, “The New York Times,” etc.) is the latest to raise the issue of the audience “O”…the sometimes ill-timed, other times automatic standing ovations on the part of Dallas/Fort Worth audiences. One of the points made is that this behavior somehow validates […]

No, Virginia, there is no “Moby-Claus.” I’ve seen a rumor circulating among opera aficionados on the internet that the October 12th WRR “Dallas Opera Encore Performances” broadcast of the world premiere production of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s MOBY-DICK will be streamed, simultaneously, like much of the station’s programming. I am sorry to be the […]